April 2025 Stakeholder Update
Reorganization of HHS and termination of 10,000 staff
On April 1, Secretary Kennedy released the reorganization plan for the Department of Health and Human Services. This included significant reductions in staff, 10,000 to be terminated (in addition to the 10,000 that opted for retirement or early separation) taking down HHS emplyees to 62,000 from 82,000. This swift, reckless, and… Read More
March 2025 Stakeholder Update
Substantive Changes Proprosed for the 2025 Annual Business Survey
The Census Bureau posted proposed chang3s to the 2025 ABS on March 31 and kicked off a 30-day comment period. The most significant change is the further reduction in sample size. The 2023 ABS sampled… Read More
February 2025 Stakeholder Update
Remembering Robert Parker (1940-2025)
Robert P. Parker, age 84, of Washington DC, passed away peacefully in his home at Ingleside at
Rock Creek on February 16. He spent 10 years at the Census Bureau, developing new economic
statistics programs. He then worked for 30 years at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), rising
to positions of Chief Statistician and Associate Director for National Economic Accounts. At BEA,
he directed the preparation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accounts and played a major role in
improving their reliability, relevance, and transparency. After BEA, he spent 5 years as Chief
Statistician of the Government Accountability Office, directing congressional reports… Read More
January 2025 Stakeholder Update
Recent Actions by the New Administration
There is a lot of concern, and justifiably so, about executive orders being issued very quickly by the
new administration and what this may mean for the federal statistical agencies. We are gathering
information on a continual basis and will be reaching out with more updates on a flow basis. Read More